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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Thinning Out the Herd

I love my new tabs. They bring an element of fun and
personalization to some drab tabs.
However, they do contribute to a much fatter binder. And while I said I didn’t care, I started
to. I was having trouble turning the
pages without issue—they would not turn without a little coaxing. And because the paper wasn’t glued at the
very edge, my finger was catching the edge of the paper every time I opened to
a specific tab. So with a tear in my
eye, I accepted what was—I had to move my personalized tabs to my household
Malden.

I use the Malden fairly often, so I’m still able to enjoy my
decorated tabs. But I don’t see them all
of the time, so I’m a little disappointed.
But since the Compact is limited on space to begin with, removing the
tabs from Reggie
helped to thin him out. He was getting a
little chunky and proving to be difficult in some situations. Now he is once again thin and easy to
manipulate.

My only issue with my fancy tabs in the Malden is that now
the paper does not exactly match the section it represents. I like my sections in a specific layout.

The addresses are at the back so that the letter tabs don’t
cover the rest of the tabs. The information
section is in the front since it’s mainly used for reference and I don’t write
in it often, thus eliminating the rings-getting-in-the-way-of-writing scenario.
The rest of the tabs are in the middle
for ease of writing without the rings getting in the way.

Unless I wanted to peel the paper off of the tabs and risk
tearing it, I have to live with the paper and tabs being in the layout they are
currently in. So I just made new tab
titles with my label maker.

The changes:

The owl
paper originally represented my “Contacts” section in the Compact; it
is now used for the “Info” section in the Malden.

The cupcake
paper was originally used for my “Notes” section, but is now used for
my “To Buy” section.

The outdoor
paper was originally used for “Lists” and is now used for “To Do” (not
a huge difference here).

The map
paper was used for “Projects.”
This actually stayed the same, so that’s good.

The writing
paper was used for my “Writing” section and is now used for my “Financial”
section. This isn’t a big deal
either, although it doesn’t really
go.

The calendar
paper was used for my “Diary” section and is now being used for my “Addresses”
section. This is the biggest
annoyance to me since there is no way to finagle a calendar to represent
an address book.

My OCD tendencies are a little irked with this set up, but I’m
trying to move away from striving
for perfection with such mundane issues (mundane only in the grand scheme
of things, not in the planner world). So
I’m leaving the tabs as they are for now.
I may change them to be more “perfect” at some point, but for now, they’ll
do. The point, of course, is that I can
still enjoy the fruits of my creative labor, even if it means that the fruit
stays home.

In other Filo news, I’m still
working on my Health binder and updating my Happiness binder (I feel like I’ll never have time to finish these small
projects—someday I will!). Also, I’m
craving another compact binder. I love
the Regency but I’m craving color. I
have thought about the Osterly
in wine and/or the Slimline
Holborn (which is not a compact—it’s rings are slightly smaller than a
compact and I’m not sure I can go any smaller than what I’ve got, so we’ll see)
in brown. I’m hoping the new compact
line will be revealed soon so I can make an informed decision without
overspending (is such a thing even possible?).

6 comments:

You will just have to buy a new set of tabs during the Filofax meet up. Heck, even buy multiple sets, then you can make lots of tabs and change them with the season or your mood! Oh label maker, how we are thankful for thee - lol!